One curbed the fiery steed.
Dryden.
5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.
Pope.
The sword which is made fiery.
Hooker.
Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon
the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a
signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.
Fife (?), n. [F. fifre, OHG. pffa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the
pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See
Pipe.] (Mus.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used
chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the
fifers of a regiment. -- Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast,
at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break
of a poop deck.
Fife, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.] To play
on a fife.
Fif"er (?), n. One who plays on a fife.
Fif"teen` (?), a. [OE. fiftene, AS. fftne, fftne. See Five, and Ten,
and cf. Fifty.] Five and ten; one more than fourteen.
Fif"teen`, n. 1. The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.